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Mesoscale Discussion 1871

September 11, 20134 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 11, 2013, 11:42 AM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 11, 2013, 11:42 AM EDT (15:42 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 2013, 12:45 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
80%
All 94 counties

Allegany County, NY, Broome County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Chemung County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Madison County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Onondaga County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Schuyler County, NY, Seneca County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Tompkins County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY, Yates County, NY, Ashland County, OH, Ashtabula County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Lake County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Medina County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Portage County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Armstrong County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Blair County, PA, Bradford County, PA, Butler County, PA, Cambria County, PA, Cameron County, PA, Centre County, PA, Clarion County, PA, Clearfield County, PA, Clinton County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Crawford County, PA, Elk County, PA, Erie County, PA, Forest County, PA, Huntingdon County, PA, Indiana County, PA, Jefferson County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lawrence County, PA, Lycoming County, PA, McKean County, PA, Mercer County, PA, Mifflin County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Potter County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Sullivan County, PA, Susquehanna County, PA, Tioga County, PA, Union County, PA, Venango County, PA, Warren County, PA, Washington County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Wyoming County, PA, Brooke County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Ohio County, WV

The radar

The State College radar (KCCX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2013-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2762 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2013-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2762 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 12:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung and 22 more8 hr
Sep 11, 1:30 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbany, Clinton, Columbia, Essex, Franklin, Fulton and 8 more60 min
Sep 11, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlbany, Clinton, Columbia, Essex, Franklin, Fulton and 12 more9 hr
Sep 11, 2:47 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung and 16 more58 min
Sep 11, 6:54 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbany, Clinton, Columbia, Essex, Franklin, Fulton and 12 more96 min
Sep 11, 4:21 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFulton, Lucas, Williams114 min
Sep 11, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFulton, Williams4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Pennsylvania, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in New York, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2013Every mesoscale discussion in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.